Personally, I wouldn’t recommend using PatternLayout to render JSON. There are too many things that can go wrong and it is very limiting to do that.
Ralph > On Nov 16, 2022, at 10:22 AM, Carter Kozak <cko...@ckozak.net> wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 16, 2022, at 12:09, Christopher Schultz wrote: >> Is it even possible to use PatternLayout safely with JSON-encoded data? >> What if you log a username which contains a " character? Won't that >> completely break your JSON? > > This can be done using the %encode pattern described in the documentation: > https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/manual/layouts.html#PatternLayout > It provides the following example: {"message": "%enc{%m}{JSON}"} > >> I think performance shouldn't be your primary consideration, here. > > I agree wholeheartedly with this sentiment, but we should remember > that some users have a different set of constraints and requirements. > > Carter Kozak > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-user-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: log4j-user-h...@logging.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-user-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: log4j-user-h...@logging.apache.org
